Shrimp po'boy

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Louisiana Office of Tourism (Explore Louisiana) po'boy guide: the fried shrimp po'boy on airy French bread is a classic Louisiana po'boy originating in New Orleans. Stored shrimp, French bread, and New Orleans origin established. The page presents the 1929 Martin brothers (Benjamin and Clovis) streetcar-strike origin story as 'legend has it,' so that story is stamped as the commonly told legend, not settled fact.

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Louisiana Office of Tourism (Explore Louisiana) po'boy guide: the fried shrimp po'boy on airy French bread is a classic Louisiana po'boy originating in New Orleans. Stored shrimp, French bread, and New Orleans origin established. The page presents the 1929 Martin brothers (Benjamin and Clovis) streetcar-strike origin story as 'legend has it,' so that story is stamped as the commonly told legend, not settled fact.

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https://www.explorelouisiana.com/articles/louisiana-poboys-guide (verification source · master store)

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Louisiana Office of Tourism (Explore Louisiana) po'boy guide: the fried shrimp po'boy on airy French bread is a classic Louisiana po'boy originating in New Orleans. Stored shrimp, French bread, and New Orleans origin established. The page presents the 1929 Martin brothers (Benjamin and Clovis) streetcar-strike origin story as 'legend has it,' so that story is stamped as the commonly told legend, not settled fact.

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